Cellular scaling rules of insectivore brains

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2009, Pages

  Sarko, Diana K ^a   Catania, Kenneth C ^a   Leitch, Duncan B ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a   Herculano Houzel, Suzana ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allometry; Brain size; Comparative neuroanatomy; Evolution; Glia; Neurons; Olfactory bulb

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957762805     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.05.008.2009     Document Type: Article

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